Jim Shulman on Amish Cell Phones

Yesterday my husband and I took a long, leisurely drive through Lancaster County in our 1957 Dodge. It was one of those perfect late Summer days that practically demanded a spin in an antique car—and for us, a celebration that this was one of one of those rare...

Jim Shulman on Sonic Chips and Bacon Ice Cream

A few months ago I went through a Wawa and noticed a special display of three new potato chip variations, each with some bizarre flavor (meaning a mélange of Frankensteinian esters that simulate something otherwise quite palatable.) The idea was that you were supposed...

Jim Shulman on the Catskills

About five million years ago—my junior year in high school—I acquired a fake ID to work one summer in the fabled Catskills. Today it sounds really strange to get a fake ID for work, but then if I wanted to make decent money as a waiter I had to be 18, or at least...

Jim Shulman on E.B. White and Paid Editorial

Back in the last century E.B. White was well-known for his superb writing, from the children’s book “Stuart Little” to his essays in The New Yorker to that lifesaver for late-night college term paper marathons, “The Elements of Style”....

Jim Shulman on Papal Visit Pictures

I’m a fully indoctrinated Philadelphian: when the Papal visit was announced, I immediately thought of the horrible mess we’d see-a city shut down, traffic headaches beyond any engineer’s nightmare, and a huge mess afterwards. Each dollop of new...